thumb|right|300px|ARA Veinticinco de Mayo aircraft carrier
This list includes all major warships that entered service with the Argentine Navy since being formally established in the 1860s. It also includes ships that were purchased by Argentina but did not enter service under Argentine flag.
The list does not include vessels prior to the 1860s; and it also excludes auxiliary ships (tugs, transports, colliers, tankers, scientific vessels, etc.) which are listed separately.
In addition, there is a separate list of ships currently in service with the Argentine Navy, regardless the type.
The list is organized by type of ship, by class within each type, and by entry date within each class. Service entry dates indicate the ship's commissioning into the Argentine Navy, and not the ship's entry in service with another navy unless specifically said.
Naming tradition
The current norms establish naming conventions for Argentine Navy ships according to their type, some of them specific to warships are summarized below.
;Destroyers, frigates, corvettes: Naval heroes, or names of significantly historic ships
;Submarines: Province names, with priority those starting with S
;Mine warfare ships: Province names, not used by submarines
;Amphibious warfare ships: Coastal geographic features
;Fast attack ships: Adjectives symbolizing qualities of combat ships
List of ships
Aircraft carriers
(British-built)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Ship name
! Pennant number
! Picture
! Launched
! Service entry
! Decommissioned
! Other names
! Fate
|-
|
|V-1
|200px
|1944
|1959
|1970
| ex-, ex-HMCS Warrior
| Scrapped 1971
|-
|
|V-2
|200px
|1943
|1969
|1999
| ex-, formerly
| Scrapped 1999
|}
Battleships
Almirante Brown ironclad (British-built)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Ship name
! Pennant number
! Picture
! Launched
! Service entry
! Decommissioned
! Other names
! Fate
|-
|
|none
|200px
|1880
|1881
|1932
| none
| Scrapped
|}
Libertad-class coastal battleships (British-built)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Ship name
! Pennant number
! Picture
! Launched
! Service entry
! Decommissioned
! Other names
! Fate
|-
|
|none
|200px
|1892
|1892
|1946
| none
| To coast guard 1947
|-
|
|none
|200px
|1891
|1893
|1946
| none
| To coast guard 1949
|}
dreadnoughts (US-built)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Ship name
! Pennant number
! Picture
! Launched
! Service entry
! Decommissioned
! Other names
! Fate
|-
|
|none
|200px
|1911
|1915
|1957
| none
| Sold for scrap 1957
|-
|
|none
|200px
|1911
|1915
|1957
| none
| Sold for scrap 1957
|}
Monitors
(British-built)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Ship name
! Pennant number
! Picture
! Launched
! Service entry
! Decommissioned
! Other names
! Fate
|-
|
|none
|200px
|1874
|1875
|1930
| none
| Scrapped
|-
|
|none
|200px
|1874
|1875
|1930
| none
| Scrapped
|}
Cruisers
Patagonia protected cruiser (Austro-Hungarian-built)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Ship name
! Pennant number
! Picture
! Launched
! Service entry
! Decommissioned
! Other names
! Fate
|-
|
|none
|200px
|1886
|1886
|1925
| none
| Scrapped
|}
Protected Elswick cruisers (British-built)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Ship name
! Pennant number
! Picture
! Launched
! Service entry
! Decommissioned
! Other names
! Fate
|-
|
|none
|200px
|1890
|1891
|1916
| Ordered as Necochea, renamed before completion
| Scrapped 1927
|-
|
|none
|200px
|1892
|1893
|1930
| none
| Scrapped
|-
|
|none
|200px
|1895
|1896
|1932
| none
| Sold for scrap 1935
|}
Patria torpedo cruiser (British-built)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Ship name
! Pennant number
! Picture
! Launched
! Service entry
! Decomm.
! Other names
! Fate
|-
|
|none
|200px
|1893
|1894
|1927
| none
|
|}
armoured cruisers (Italian-built)
Ordered from Italian shipyards. Two ships, Rivadavia and Mariano Moreno, were sold to Japan prior to completion as per naval disarmament agreements with Chile.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Ship name
! Pennant number
! Picture
! Launched
! Service entry
! Decommissioned
! Other names
! Fate
|-
|
|none
|200px
|1895
|1896
|1934
|
| Sold for scrap 1937
|-
|
|none
|200px
|1895
|1898
|1935
|
| Scrapped 1947
|-
|
|none
|200px
|1897
|1898
|1933
|
| To coast guard 1933, stricken 1947, sold for scrap 1953
|-
|
|none
|200px
|1897
|1898
|1954
|
| Sold for scrap 1957
|-
| ARA Rivadavia
|none
|200px
|1902
|colspan="2" |Sold before completion to Japan, no service.<br />(1903−1942 in Japan)
| Ordered as Mitre, later renamed. Japanese name
| Sunk 1945, salvaged and broken up for scrap 1948
|-
| ARA Mariano Moreno
|none
|200px
|1903
| colspan="2" |Sold before completion to Japan, no service.<br />(1903−1935 in Japan)
| Ordered as Roca, later renamed. Japanese name
| Sunk as target 1936, raised and sunk as target again 1942
|}
Almirante Brown-class heavy cruisers (Italian-built)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Ship name
! Pennant number
! Picture
! Launched
! Service entry
! Decommissioned
! Other names
! Fate
|-
|
|C-1
|200px
|1929
|1931
|1961
| none
| Sold for scrap 1962
|-
|
|C-2
|200px
|1929
|1931
|1961
| none
| Scrapped 1960
|}
La Argentina light cruiser (British-built)
ARA La Argentina was a light cruiser, designed for training naval cadets.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Ship name
! Pennant n
! Picture
! Launched
! Service entry
! Decommissioned
! Other names
! Fate
|-
|
|C-3
|200px
|1937
|1939
|1972
| none
| Scrapped 1974
|}
General Belgrano class (US )
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Ship name
! Pennant number
! Picture
! Launched
! Service entry
! Decommissioned
! Other names
! Fate
|-
|
|C-4
|200px
|1938
|1951
|1982†
| ARA Diecisiete de Octubre till 1956, ex-
| Sunk by British submarine HMS Conqueror during the Falklands War
|-
|
|C-5
|200px
|1936
|1951
|1977
| ex-
| Scrapped 1983
|}
Torpedo boats
Maipu-class torpedo ram (British-built)
Bathurst class (British-built; Yarrow 1890 type – Mod GB TB 79 type)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Ship name
! Pennant number
! Other names
! Service entry
! Decommissioned
|-
|ARA Bathurst
|none
|none
|1890
|1927
|-
|ARA Buchardo
|none
|none
|1890
|1927
|-
|ARA Jorge
|none
|none
|1890
|1926
|-
|ARA King
|none
|none
|1890
|1926
|-
|ARA Pinedo
|none
|none
|1890
|1926
|-
|ARA Thorne
|none
|none
|1890
|1926
|-
|}
Espora class (British-built)
1st class Thornycroft class (British-built)
2nd class Thornycroft class (British-built)
2nd class Yarrow class (British-built)
Riverine Yarrow class (British-built)
Destroyers
(British-built)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Ship name
! Pennant number
! Other names
! Service entry
! Decommissioned
|-
|ARA Corrientes
|none
|none
|1897
|1930
|-
|ARA Misiones
|none
|none
|1897
|1930
|-
|ARA Entre Rios
|none
|none
|1896
|1930
|-
|ARA Santa Fe
|none
|none
|1896
|1897
|}
(German-built)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Ship name
! Pennant number
! Other names
! Service entry
! Decommissioned
|-
|
|none
|none
|1912
|1957
|-
|
|none
|none
|1912
|1957
|}
(German-built)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Ship name
! Pennant number
! Other names
! Service entry
! Decommissioned
|-
|
|none
|none
|1912
|1957
|-
|
|none
|none
|1912
|1957
|}
Eight other destroyers were ordered around this time but never entered service with the Argentine Navy. See (Greece) and (France).
(Spanish-built)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Ship name
! Pennant number
! Other names
! Service entry
! Decommissioned
|-
|
|D-1
|ex-Alcalá Galiano
|1928
|1961
|-
|
|D-2
|ex-Churruca
|1928
|1960
|}
Ordered by the Spanish Navy and sold to Argentina prior to completion.
(British-built)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Ship name
! Pennant number
! Other names
! Service entry
! Decommissioned
|-
|
|D-3
|none
|1929
|1961
|-
|
|D-4
|none
|1929
|1962
|-
|
|D-5
|none
|1929
|1962
|}
(British-built)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Ship name
! Pennant number
! Other names
! Service entry
! Decommissioned
|-
|
|T-6 / D-6
|none
|1938
|1971
|-
|
|T-7 / D-7
|none
|1938
|1971
|-
|
|T-8
|none
|1938
|1941
|-
|
|T-9 / D-9
|none
|1938
|1971
|-
|
|T-10 / D-10
|none
|1938
|1970
|-
|
|T-11 / D-11
|none
|1938
|1970
|-
|
|T-12 / D-12
|none
|1939
|1972
|}
Brown/Almirante Domecq García class (leased US )
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Ship name
! Pennant number
! Picture
! Launched
! Service entry
! Decomm.
! Other names
! Fate
|-
| ARA Brown
|D-20
|100px
|1942
|1961
|1979
| ex-
| Scrapped 1982
|-
| ARA Espora
|D-21
|100px
|1943
|1961
|1979
| ex-
| Scrapped 1979
|-
| ARA Rosales
|D-22
|100px
|1943
|1961
|1981
| ex-
| Scrapped 1981
|-
|
|D-23
|
|1943
|1971
|1982
| ex-
| Sunk in live fire missile test 1983
|-
| ARA Almirante Storni
|D-24
|
|1943
|1971
|1981
| ex-
| Scrapped 1982
|}
Seguí class (modified US )
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Ship name
! Pennant number
! Picture
! Launched
! Service entry
! Decommissioned
! Other names
! Fate
|-
| ARA Seguí
|D-25
|
|1944
|1972
|1983
| ex-
| Scrapped 1983
|-
| ARA Bouchard
|D-26
|
|1944
|1972
|1984
| ex-
| Scrapped 1984
|-
| ARA Piedra Buena
|D-29
|100px
|1944
|1977
|1985
| ex-
| Sunk by missile in naval exercise 1988
|}
Py class (modified US )
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Ship name
! Pennant number
! Picture
! Launched
! Service entry
! Decommissioned
! Other names
! Fate
|-
| ARA Py
|D-27
|100px
|1944
|1973
|1984
| ex-
| Sunk as target 1987
|}
Hércules class (British Type 42 destroyers)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Ship name
! Pennant number
! Picture
! Launched
! Service entry
! Decommissioned
! Other names
! Fate
|-
|
|D-28, D-1, now B-52
|100px
|1972
|1976
|—
| none
| Since 1999 transformed into a multi-purpose transport ship; inactive as of 2020
|-
|
|D-2
|
|1974
|1981
|—
| none
| Formally in reserve since 2004. Sunk 2013, salvaged 2015, awaiting possible conversion to museum ship
|}
(German MEKO 360H2 type)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Ship name
! Pennant number
! Picture
! Launched
! Service entry
! Decommissioned
! Other names
! Fate
|-
|
|D-10
|100px
|1981
|1983
|—
| none
| In active service
|-
|
|D-11
|100px
|1981
|1983
|—
| none
| In active service
|-
|
|D-12
|100px
|1982
|1983
|—
| none
| Inactive
|-
|
|D-13
|100px
|1982
|1984
|—
| none
| In active service
|}
Frigates and corvettes
(Locally designed and built)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Ship name
! Pennant number
! Other names
! Service entry
! Decommissioning
|-
|
|P-20
|none
|1946
|2014
|-
|
|P-21
|none
|1946
|in service
|}
Hércules class (/-class World War II frigates)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Ship name
! Pennant number
! Other names
! Service entry
! Decommissioning
|-
|ARA Hércules
|P-31
|ex-,<br /> ex-HMS Adur
|18 February 1948
|1961, transferred<br />sold 1969
|-
|ARA Heroína
|P-32
|ex-
|8 February 1947
|sold 5 August 1964
|-
|ARA Sarandí
|P-33
|ex-,<br /> ex- USSChattanooga
|18 February 1948
|sold 29 June 1967
|-
|
|P-34
|ex-,<br /> ex-USS Hannam
|1948
|1963, converted<br />sold 1970 or 1971
|}
República class ()
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Ship name
! Pennant number
! Other names
! Service entry
! Decommissioning
|-
|ARA República
|P-10
|ex-
|1948
|1961
|}
(Locally designed and built)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Ship name
! Pennant number
! Other names
! Service entry
! Decommissioning
|-
|
|P-35
|none
|1957
|1972
|-
|
|P-36
|none
|1957
|1973
|}
(French )
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Ship name
! Pennant number
! Other names
! Service entry
! Decommissioning
|-
|
|P-31
|ex-SAS Good Hope
|1978
|In reserve
|-
|
|P-32
|ex-SAS Transvaal
|1978
|In reserve
|-
|
|P-33
|none
|1981
|active
|}
(German MEKO 140A16 type, locally built)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Ship name
! Pennant number
! Other names
! Service entry
! Decommissioning
|-
|
|P-41
|none
|1985
|active
|-
|
|P-42
|none
|1986
|Inactive
|-
|
|P-43
|none
|1988
|active
|-
|
|P-44
|none
|1990
|active
|-
|
|P-45
|none
|2000
|active
|-
|
|P-46
|none
|2004
|active
|}
Patrol, torpedo and fast attack craft
(Argentine-built)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Ship name
! Pennant number
! Other names
! Service entry
! Decommissioning
|-
|
|P-55
|P-36
|1939
|active
|}
(German-built) – known as "fast craft" ( lánchas rápidas)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Ship name
! Pennant number
! Other names
! Service entry
! Decommissioning
|-
|
|P-85
|none
|1974
|active
|-
|
|P-86
|none
|1974
|active
|}
(Israeli-built )
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Ship name
! Pennant number
! Other names
! Service entry
! Decommissioning
|-
|
|P-61
|none
|1978
|active
|-
|
|P-62
|none
|1978
|active
|-
|
|P-63
|none
|1978
|active
|-
|
|P-64
|none
|1978
|active
|}
(US-built )
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Ship name
! Pennant number
! Other names
! Service entry
! Decommissioning
|-
|
|P-65
|ex-Point Hobart (WPB-82377)
|1999
|active
|-
|
|P-66
|ex-Point Carrew (WPB-82374)
|2000
|active
|}
Gunboats
Paraná class (British-built) – also classified as "corvettes"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Ship name
! Pennant number
! Other names
! Service entry
! Decommissioning
|-
|
|none
|none
|1875
|1921
|-
|
|none
|none
|1875
|active
|}
Constitución class (British-built) – locally classified as "bombarderas", they were of the Rendel gunboat type.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Ship name
! Pennant number
! Other names
! Service entry
! Decommissioning
|-
|
|none
|none
|1875
|1955
|-
|
|none
|none
|1875
|1955
|}
Bermejo class (British-built) – locally classified as "bombarderas", they were of the Rendel gunboat type.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Ship name
! Pennant number
! Other names
! Service entry
! Decommissioning
|-
|
|none
|none
|1875
|1932
|-
|
|none
|none
|1875
|1935
|}
(British-built) – armoured river gunboats
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Ship name
! Pennant number
! Other names
! Service entry
! Decommissioning
|-
|
|none
|none
|1909
|1959
|-
|
|none
|none
|1909
|1959
|}
Amphibious warfare
Cabo San Bartolome class (ex-United States Landing Ship, Tank)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Ship name
! Pennant number
! Other names
! Service entry
! Decommissioning
|-
|
|BDT-1 / Q-41
|USS LST-851
|1948
|1968
|-
|
|BDT-2
|USS LST-995 / Don Nicolas
|1948
|1966
|-
|
|BDT-3
|USS LST-998 / Don Ernesto
|1948
|1968
|-
|
|BDT-4 / Q-44
|USS LST-872 / Doña Micaela
|1948
|1979
|}
Cabo San Antonio class (Locally-built De Soto County)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Ship name
! Pennant number
! Other names
! Service entry
! Decommissioning
|-
|
|Q-42
|none
|1977
|1997
|}
Cándido de Lasala class (ex-United States)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Ship name
! Pennant number
! Other names
! Service entry
! Decommissioning
|-
|
|Q-43
|ex-
|1970
|1981
|}
Mine warfare
Bathurst class (German-built M1915 and M1916 classes)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Ship name
! Pennant number
! Other names
! Service entry
! Decommissioning
|-
|
|M-1
|ex-German M-48
|1922
|1960s
|-
|
|M-2
| ex-German M-51
|1922
|1960s
|-
|
|M-3
| ex-German M-52
|1922
|1960s
|-
|
|M-4
| ex-German M-53
|1922
|1960s
|-
|
|M-5
| ex-German M-74
|1922
|1960s
|-
|
|M-6
| ex-German M-79
|1922
|1960s
|-
|
|M-7
| ex-German M-80
|1922
|1960s
|-
|
|M-8
| ex-German M-90
|1922
|1960s
|-
|
|M-9
| ex-German M-101
|1922
|1960s
|-
|
|M-10
| ex-German M-105
|1922
|1960s
|}
Neuquén class (British-built )
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Ship name
! Pennant number
! Other names
! Service entry
! Decommissioning
|-
|
|M-1
|ex-British Hickleton (M1131)
|1968
|1996
|-
|
|M-2
|ex-British Tariton (M1186)
|1968
|1977
|-
|
|M-3
|ex-British Santon (M1178)
|1968
|1995
|-
|
|M-4
|ex-British Bevington (M1108)
|1968
|1995
|-
|
|M-5
|ex-British Rennington (M1176)
|1969
|2003
|-
|
|M-6
|ex-British Ilmington (M1148)
|1968
|2003
|}
(Argentine-built minesweepers/minelayers)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Ship name
! Pennant number
! Other names
! Service entry
! Decommissioning
|-
|
|M-7
|Nanawa (Paraguayan Navy)
|1937
|1964
|-
|
|M-2
|none
|1937
|1964
|-
|
|M-4
|none
|1937
|1967
|-
|
|M-11
|none
|1937
|1963
|-
|
|M-13
|none
|1938
|1962
|-
|
|M-3
|none
|1939
|1967
|-
|
|M-12
|Capitán Meza (Paraguayan Navy)
|1939
|1968
|-
|
|M-10
|Teniente Fariña (Paraguayan Navy)
|1939
|1968
|-
|
|M-5
|none
|1940
|1949
|}
Submarines
By tradition, Argentine submarines bear the names of provinces whose names begin with the letter "S", thus, the pool of names is limited to only six ("Santa Fe", "Salta", "Santiago del Estero", "San Luis", "San Juan" and "Santa Cruz") resulting in repeated class and ship names.
Santa Fe (1) class (Italian-built Tarantinos)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Ship name
! Pennant number
! Other names
! Service entry
! Decommissioning
|-
|
|S-1
|none
|1933
|1956
|-
|
|S-2
|none
|1933
|1960
|-
|
|S-3
|none
|1933
|1959
|}
Santa Fe (2) class (US-built )
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Ship name
! Pennant number
! Other names
! Service entry
! Decommissioning
|-
|
|S-11
|ex-
|1960
|1972
|-
|ARA Santiago del Estero
|S-12
|ex-
|1960
|1971
|}
Santa Fe (3) class (US-built Guppy class)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Ship name
! Pennant number
! Other names
! Service entry
! Decommissioning
|-
|
|S-21
|ex-
|1972
|1982
|-
|ARA Santiago del Estero
|S-22
|ex-
|1971
|1981
|}
Salta class (German-built Type 209)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Ship name
! Pennant number
! Other names
! Service entry
! Decommissioning
|-
|
|S-31
|none
|1974
|Inactive
|-
|
|S-32
|none
|1974
|1997
|}
Santa Cruz class (German-built TR-1700 type)
Six of these ships were planned by the Navy. Only the first two, built in Germany, were actually completed. The other four, to be built in Argentina, were never completed due to budgetary concerns.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Ship name
! Pennant number
! Other names
! Service entry
! Decommissioning
|-
|
|S-41
|none
|1984
|Inactive
|-
|
|S-42
|none
|1985
|Lost 2017
|-
|ARA Santa Fe
|S-43
|none
|never completed
|never completed
|-
|ARA Santiago del Estero
|S-44
|none
|never completed
|never completed
|-
|-no name-
|S-45
|none
|never completed
|never completed
|-
|-no name-
|S-46
|none
|never completed
|never completed
|}
Sailing warships
La Argentina class (Austria-Hungary-built) formally classified as a sailing corvette
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Ship name
! Pennant number
! Other names
! Service entry
! Decommissioning
|-
|
|none
|none
|1884
|1900
|}
Presidente Sarmiento class (British-built)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Ship name
! Pennant number
! Other names
! Service entry
! Decommissioning
|-
|
|none
|none
|1898
|active
|}
Footnotes
See also
- List of auxiliary ships of the Argentine Navy
References
Notes
Bibliography
- ARA official website – Surface Fleet Naval ships in fleet service. (accessed 2009-09-30)
- HISTARMAR - Indice Armada Argentina Argentine Navy Index. (accessed 2015-01-15)
Further reading
- Burzaco, Ricardo and Ortiz, Patricio. Acorazados y Cruceros de la Armada Argentina, 1881–1992. Buenos Aires: Eugenio B. Ediciones, 1997. . .